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Ask.com shuts down after 30 years: The end of Ask Jeeves

Ask.com shuts down after 29 years, ending the search engine that pioneered conversational queries before AI chatbots made the ...

So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday’s Internet

The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of Y2K, we came to him with our most probing questions. He told us about ...

How Ask Jeeves blew it

The early search engine had a beloved brand and prescient goals. Then it trashed them—right before they might really have ...
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Ask.com Has Shut Down, but Ask Jeeves’ Vision of Search is Everywhere

Ask.com has shut down, ending the Ask Jeeves era just as AI chatbots make question-based search feel normal again.

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.
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OG Conversational Search Engine Ask.com Has Answered Its Last Question

Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.